Instead, she finds herself going toe-to-toe with one of the most dangerous serial killers alive, while also investigating the disappearance of a tourist who was last seen riding a mule in the Grand Canyon. Survivor’s guilt and a deep desire for answers ultimately led to Atlee joining the FBI, and when readers meet her in Long Road to Mercy, she’s still a damaged character in search of her sister all these years later. Her childhood, in fact, was defined by one horrific moment when her twin sister, Mercy, was kidnapped in the summer of 1989 and never found. Pine, an FBI agent stationed in Shattered Rock, Arizona near the Grand Canyon National Park, originally grew up in Andersonville, Georgia, where tragedy struck when she was just a young girl. With three long-running New York Times bestselling series still going strong-John Puller, Amos Decker, and Will Robie-David Baldacci introduced readers to Atlee Pine in 2018, a character unlike anyone else he’s written before. Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X A fabulous new character from a master storyteller.2019 will, indeed, be another two-book year for mega-bestselling author David Baldacci, who is set to release his second Atlee Pine novel, A Minute to Midnight, on November 19th. It should come as no shock that a thriller writer for the ages has created a character for the ages! In FBI Agent Atlee Pine, he has envisioned a new kind of heroine, forged in the fire of trauma and driven by a rare kind of strength.

and a revelation so personal that everything she once believed is fast turning to dust. When Atlee oversteps the mark on the arrest of a dangerous criminal, the FBI gives her a leave of absence – the perfect opportunity to return to where it all began.ĭetermined to finally uncover the truth, Atlee Pine’s journey home turns into a rollercoaster ride of murder, long-buried secrets and lies. Does he really know what happened to Mercy? A notorious serial killer, locked in a maximum-security prison, continues to haunt her. Since that fateful night, Atlee has dedicated her life and career to catching those who hurt others.Ītlee has never stopped searching for answers about her sister.

A Minute to Midnight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world’s most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.Īt six years old, Atlee’s twin sister, Mercy, was taken from the family home while Atlee was left for dead.

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